I LIKE THIN CURRIES USING MINIMAL SPICES!
For that we need fresh, good quality meat & fish varieties. We get freshest of the sea fish varieties in this island. Growing up having fresh water fish, I find sea fish smelly. I could still eat pomfret cooked by the mother, mother-in-law with lots of onion, garlic; since my pregnancy I cannot tolerate the smell of pomfret, instead started to love the small & tiny fish varieties I looked down at once. Mixed vegetables cooked with tiny prawns or deep fried Mola or Amudi Mach / fish can satiate my fish cravings, I do not need fleshy varieties. The man cannot have meals only with smaller varieties of fish. We respect each other's choices. We have not forced upon each other our respective family's preferences. We have built our home taking the good things from both sides. I never tried to feed the son my choice of bony fishes like Baby Carps, I feared to. His generation want boneless, fleshy meat, fish on their plates. At some point, even a decade back I liked to have cheesy stuffs in the restaurant. I remember, on our tour of Australia, I did like baked Salmon, that was only in 2015. Today, I cannot have such a meal, I may just order French fries or fruit filled crepes, butter corn cups, veg wraps, fried chicken, end variety of breads with Tahini & humus. As I say, every restaurant, hotels can provide me boiled potato, butter, a green chilli, salt and rice; no worries, we need to pack our bags just. That would happen once our son gets settled in life. Have roti-sabzi on tours, not Maggi soups please, that's too unhealthy!
I WOULDN'T DISCLOSE WHERE I WENT THIS MORNING!
Not everything is to be made public, not many would have interest in minute details of your life. I went out for some work, once it was done, I had a mushroom soup with garlic bread.
My entire body and mind is demanding sleep, I decided to write a blogpost instead. Let us proceed towards the closure of this post today!
WHAT IS COOKER MADE CHICKEN CORIANDER STEW?
I am extremely fond of fresh coriander, it's aroma is one of my mood enhancers. I love to add it in this recipe and that. Earlier, I have cooked chicken with fresh coriander paste, I have a blogpost about it too! In the past few months, I came across light chicken stew done with soft chicken meat, various spices, fresh coriander paste. One of those reels is of my favourite Bollywood choreographer, film director, producer Farah, I like this talented girl, her struggle to reach this fame definitely involves talent, such versatile she is, I like her bubbly self! I wanted to prepare, blog about this non-vegetarian, gluten-free, lean meat curry COOKER MADE CHICKEN CORIANDER STEW with potatoes. I am not fond of using a pressure cooker, I believe it spoils the taste of food. However, it is useful for the working men and woman. It is good for boiling tough vegetables, also for making stews and soups.
Few Light Stew recipes from the Blog are EGG STEW, STEWED RICE, BEET GAJOR ALOO DIYE PATHAR MANGSHO!
INGREDIENTS :
CHICKEN : 1 KG [I USED KAMPONG / COUNTRY CHICKEN]
POTATO : 2
FRESH CORIANDER : 250 GM
PLAIN YOGURT : 50 GM
GREEN CHILLI : 7-8
SLICED ONION : 2
GARLIC PASTE : 2 TBSP
GINGER PASTE : 2 TSP
CUMIN POWDER : 1 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER : 1 TSP
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2 + 1/2 TSP
LEMON JUICE : 4-5 TBSP
CRUSHED BLACK PEPPER : 1/2 TSP
BAY LEAF : 1
CINNAMON STICK : 2 ONE INCH SIZE
GREEN CARDAMOM : 2-3
BLACK CARDAMOM : 1
CLOVE : 3-4
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2-3 TBSP
PROCEDURE :
Wash the chicken pieces well, marinate with enough salt for an hour, wash again.
Marinate the chicken pieces with little salt, 1/2 tsp turmeric powder, lemon juice. Keep aside for 40-45 minutes.
Wash and discard the root end of the fresh corianders, prepare a paste together with the plain yogurt, 4-5 green chillies.
Heat the oil in a pressure cooker, temper with a big black cardamom, green cardamom, cloves, cinnamon sticks, bay leaf.
Add the sliced and washed onions, fry until golden brown.
Add the ginger-garlic pastes, 1/2 tsp turmeric, salt, fry for 2-3 minutes.
Add the cumin and coriander powders, stir cook for a minute. Add the marinated chicken pieces.
Stir fry at minimal heat for 3-4 minutes, add 3-4 slitted, washed green chillies.
Loosely cover, cook until water starts releasing.
Peel, cube, wash the potatoes, add to the chicken.
Add the fresh coriander, green chillies, plain yogurt paste too. Mix well, add two coffee mugs of water, fold in well.
Close tight the pressure cooker lid, cook at minimal heat up to one whistle, switch off the gas stove.
After 10-12 minutes, open the lid, enjoy it hot and fresh with steamed rice or roti!